If you’ve outsourced management of your website you know making changes and updates can be difficult and costly. An outdated website can be worse than no website at all. But changes in web publishing make updating […]
Diamond Valley Learning Centre in Melbourne is running mental health first aid courses to help staff and students develop skills to identify and help others who are struggling emotionally. If […]
Position Business Trainer and Assessor Organisation Inverell Community College Details To train CIII in Business. TAE40110 CIV Training and Assessment, qualifications and experience in business required Contact […]
Vicki Mennie, ABC Open contributor, lives near Moruya a small rural community on the far south coast of NSW, where the large local population of kangaroos almost equals the number […]
ABC Open producer Vanessa Milton’s patch takes up an area in New South Wales stretching from the Victorian border to Batemans Bay and across to the Snowy Mountains. On any […]
In small village halls, bush libraries and regional towns across Australia, ABC Open producers teach locals how to hone and share digital stories to share with a huge online community. […]
Trials of the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been underway since July 2013. Participants in the trials say planning ahead is key for everyone involved – including community organisations. Are you NDIS ready? The National […]
We know that students learn best when they’re enjoying themselves. The same goes for staff. People do their best work when they enjoy their jobs, trust the people they work […]
Hacker or makerspaces are the latest in a long tradition of community spaces that offer opportunities for informal learning. On a dark winter’s night in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, a lime green perspex door trimmed with […]
A whole-of-community adult literacy campaign based on a revolutionary Cuban education method is having life-changing results in Indigenous communities in outback NSW. The first pilot of the Cuban-designed mass literacy […]
Recent elections have brought some fresh faces to the ALA Board. Here’s a chance to learn a little more about some of our newer Board members. Chris McCall (Vic) I […]
Professor Alan Tuckett OBE, acknowledged guru of adult education, shares his views on intergenerational and lifelong learning. In the northern UK city of Sunderland there’s a learning centre underneath the stands at the Sunderland Football Club. […]
Pairing tech savvy schoolkids with older people struggling with new technology has proved a perfect match in the Victorian town of Traralgon. The idea of a service to help older peoplein the […]
It’s truer than ever that a picture is worth a thousand words. And with cameras in our phones there’s no excuse. Here’s some tips for getting some great shots. 1. […]
A new program encouraging women to take up tutoring in adult and community education is taking off in Western Australia. When Ruth O’Dwyer saw the ad on Facebook for the ACE […]
